Example sentences of "[pers pn] expect [adj] of [pron] " in BNC.
Next pageNo | Sentence |
---|---|
1 | I expected more of you but perhaps you deserve a second chance . ’ |
2 | First of all , I expect most of you have heard that the proposed holiday to Torbay has had to be cancelled cos we did n't have enough support . |
3 | I c I , I tell this story cos I think it illustrates it very much , I expect most of you have er if you have n't been you 've heard of Dale in Derbyshire , and it 's this river with a , a lovely walk either side of the river , you walk along the side and then you come to the point where there 's a bend in the river and there 's these gorgeous great enormous stepping stones . |
4 | From the moment I could understand the human voice 1 — and I expect most of my generation — was told to be ‘ seen and not heard ’ … ‘ consider others before yourself ’ … ‘ never complain' and if you were a boy child , then you were exhorted to be a man , to show no emotion , and not to be a sissy . |
5 | I expect most of my wheat will be destroyed in this rain . ’ |
6 | I expect some of us will be moving off soon , going to the places where summer work 's to be found . |
7 | His mother 's fluent , though inaccurate , English and confident manner may have led them to expect more of him . |